Parenting Today's Teens

When dishonesty starts creeping into your teen’s conversations.

Do you ever feel like you’re living in a battle zone? Just because you’re winning battles doesn’t mean you can’t still lose the war! This weekend on Parenting Today’s Teens, Mark Gregston helps define which battles are worth fighting. It all has to do with the main goal in every interaction with your teen.

Helicopter parents and smother-mothers—I’m talkin’ to you!

Is it possible to have a loving relationship and maintain discipline?

Stemming the mass exodus of teens from church.

How do you handle the inevitable moment when your teen begins to doubt?

Dealing with teens that believe they’re entitled to anything and everything.

How would your teen describe you? As a dictator who demands, or a coach who comes alongside? This weekend on Parenting Today’s Teens, Mark Gregston shares how to approach your teen with sensitivity and tact after failure or in the midst of an argument. Learn how to diffuse emotions and redirect your conversation toward resolution.

How do you respond when your teen blows it—again and again?

What can you say when your teen messes up big time?